"If you are careful, I would like to select from our newly recruited servants, and then we will train at Zhen's house. Tomorrow Xiaoqiang and I will go to the village to have a look. When everything is arranged, Xiaoqiang can go back to the village to bring those brothers back."
Zuo Aoran said.
"But it depends on the master's orders." Zhang Qiye said, cupping his fists.
"Brother Zhao, I will leave all the business in Zhending to you in the future. Tomorrow, brother can return to Zhending. My father-in-law will send a steward to go with you. I will go back when I have finished my work here.
Get together with big brother." Zuo Aoran said.
Zhao Sheng said: "Okay, everything depends on the master." Several people discussed the details of these two matters in detail for a while, and finally ended Zuo Aoran's first cabinet meeting in the Zhen family.
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After arranging these things, Zuo Aoran, led by a maid, came to the guest room prepared for him by the Zhen family.
Several maids had already prepared bath water. When they saw Zuo Aoran coming back, they wanted to help Zuo Aoran undress. Zuo Aoran was so frightened that he hurriedly drove those maids out and told them that they did not have his permission.
, no one was allowed in, and then Zuo Aoran took off his clothes and jumped into the big tub.
After a comfortable hot bath, Zuo Aoran put on the clothes Zhen Jiang prepared for him. Time was tight, and he didn't have time to find a tailor to carefully sew clothes for Zuo Aoran, so he just made a few sets casually.
That's all.
Putting on his silk pajamas and lying in the fragrant quilt that Zhen Jiang had laid for himself, Zuo Aoran seemed to have returned to his original home. Suddenly, Zuo Aoran remembered that he had not practiced Wu Qin Xi yet, so he got up and practiced.
After doing the Wu Qin Xi, he got into bed again and slowly fell asleep.
In the next few days, Zuo Aoran has been busy setting up an escort bureau, training escorts, and preparing for marriage. Zuo Aoran's mother, Mrs. Liu, was as happy as anything when she heard that her son was getting married again.
I can't express it in words at all, I'm just waiting for my new wife to get married.
The wedding day was approaching day by day. Zuo Aoran began to study papermaking in order to make his future financially stronger. Paper was already available in the Han Dynasty, but the paper was rough and the production method was complicated, so the price was very high.
expensive.
As a modern person, Zuo Aoran has never eaten pork, but he has seen pigs running away. The method of making rice paper is very complicated, but Zuo Aoran can still imitate it. Zuo Aoran first asked someone to make a
The big kang is about five feet in size and is used for drying.
They also asked people to look for bitter bamboo with straight texture, long joints and loose texture to make bamboo curtains for fishing paper. They also looked for old branches of green sandalwood bark that were more than two years old, straw, grass alkali and other materials, but straw was found in Shatian.
After all the things were prepared, he took people into the mountains and retrieved some carambola vines. Only then did he prepare all the things needed for papermaking.
Then he dug a large pond in the backyard, steamed the branches of the green sandalwood tree, and then soaked them. The strange smell smelled by everyone outside was caused by this pond.
When Zhen Jiang heard that Zuo Aoran wanted to create a kind of good paper that he had never seen before, how could he endure it? He stayed with Zuo Aoran day and night. Although the smell from the pool was unpleasant, it was
It’s also very enjoyable.
While waiting for the materials to come out of the pool, I discussed poetry and poetry with Zuo Aoran all day long. Zuo Aoran had so many poems in his heart that he randomly picked out a few poems, which made Zhen Jiang very fascinated and admired him greatly.
Compared with the poems he wrote, I felt that the charm of the poems I usually wrote was far different. I admired him so much that I sincerely asked for advice and benefited a lot. From then on, the relationship between the two of them made great progress.
After the material came out of the pond, Zuo Aoran organized people to peel off the bark. After drying, he added grass alkali and steamed it to remove the impurities. After washing, he tore it into thin strips and dried it in the sun for several months.
After being exposed to the sun and rain for the rest of the day, it will naturally turn white.
Then beat the thin strips into glue, beat the processed leather and grass separately, add carambola and vine juice and mix thoroughly, use bamboo curtains to make paper, then brush it on the kang to dry, cut and organize into sheets.
Countless pieces of rice paper have been obtained.
The rice paper is as large as two feet, and the smaller ones are cut as needed, either eight feet or six feet, and the smallest is only two feet. The texture of the paper is pure white and fine, with clear texture and extremely tough. It is really "light as light"
The cicada's wings are as white as snow, and they tremble like fine silk without making a sound." However, they are all alive and are most suitable for writing and painting.
After Zuo Aoran made rice paper, he took the finished product to his father-in-law Zhen Yi. When Zhen Yi saw the novelty of paper and watched Zuo Aoran's demonstration of how to use it, Zhen Yi's face showed surprise and shock.
, with an excited expression, exclaimed: "My virtuous son-in-law, I don't know where he got such a magical thing?"
"Father-in-law, Lao Taishan, this thing was made by his son. No one else in the world can make it. My son-in-law wants to make this thing and sell it. Firstly, he can accumulate a lot of money. Secondly, he can make this thing popular in the world.
I estimate that a hundred years from now, many people will remember us for this." Zuo Aoran said eloquently.
Zhen Yi was very excited and said in her heart: "Yes! What an honor it is to be admired by future generations!" Then his eyes flashed and he said: "Xianxu, can you give this paper to my Zhen family to help you sell it?
All the money will belong to Xianxu, just let me handle it." In order to be famous for future generations, Zhen Yi doesn't care about too much.
Zuo Aoran said with a smile: "Father-in-law, what are you talking about? Since we are one family, we will not talk about the two families, and we will split the accounts 50-50. I hope my father-in-law will not take offense. My son-in-law needs money for many things!" Zhen
How can Yi be unhappy? It's too late to be happy. Now looking at Zuo Aoran, he is becoming more and more pleasing to the eye.
Zhen Jiang's hands were itchy for a moment, so he took a small piece of paper and wrote a short article in hairpin regular script. Seeing that the handwriting was clear, beautiful and powerful, he was also satisfied. He looked at Zuo Aoran, waiting for his evaluation. Zuo Ao
Ran Na didn't know what he was doing, so he praised her greatly. Zhen Jiang was so satisfied and happy that Zuo Aoran praised her.
Next to Zhen Jiang's youngest sister, Zhen Mi, was not to be outdone and also wrote a few words. The handwriting was fresh and refined, showing her skill. Zuo Aoran and others all praised her. The little girl felt satisfied and her little face smiled like a flower.
generally.
Later, the two of them discussed that five pieces of paper would be sold for twenty bucks. The Zhen family would be responsible for production and sales, and Zuo Aoran would share the money. What no one expected was that all literati could not resist the attraction and fragrance of paper.
Elegance, and literati all felt distinguished by the paper they could use. For a time, Jizhou paper was expensive, and Jizhou paper gradually spread among the Han people, creating a paper storm across the country. These are all things for later.
, let’s not mention it for now.
Three days passed in a flash, and this day ushered in Zuo Aoran's wedding day. The sky in the east turned a touch of fish belly white, and the end of the horizon was full of colorful clouds, indicating that today was a sunny and good weather. What a blessing from God!
In the Zhen family's mansion in Wuji County, when Mrs. Zhen Zhou and two maids holding wedding dresses pushed open the door of her daughter Zhen Jiang's boudoir, she saw her daughter sitting in front of the dressing mirror, her pretty face flushed with nervousness and happiness, her eyes blurred
He stroked his loose hair.
Mrs. Zhou smiled lovingly and asked, "Jiang'er, why are you up so early?" What mother doesn't know what her daughter is thinking?
"Mother..." Zhen Jiang jumped up and threw herself at her mother Zhou, blushing and saying: "I can't sleep, I feel like I'm dreaming all night. Do I really want to get married?"
Mrs. Zhou patted her daughter on the back and said with a smile: "Yes, I finally want to marry off this little girl like you who has been causing trouble all day long. Mother feels much more relaxed now!? I didn't expect that there would be someone willing to marry this girl like you."
, is it really an eye-opener for God!?”
"Mother, why do you say that? If someone causes trouble, aren't you the least bit reluctant to let go?" Zhen Jiang said coquettishly in the arms of her mother, Mrs. Zhou.
"You are a piece of meat that fell off your mother's body. Now you have to give it to someone else to be a daughter-in-law. Of course you are reluctant to give it up. But you must change your temper. From now on, you must be filial to your parents-in-law and serve your husband well. It's just that you
Mother is really worried about this delicate girl who has no fingers to touch the spring water!?" Mrs. Zhou sighed.
"Mom, don't worry. There is nothing in this world that your daughter can't do and can't learn. From now on, I will cook for him with my own hands every day, hehe!" Zhen Jiang said with a light smile.
Portrait of a young daughter falling in love.
"You girl, you didn't know who refused to marry at first, saying that there was no man in the world that you could catch your eye and wanted to accompany us as a couple until we grow old. Why can't you wait now?" Ms. Zhou joked.
"Now and then, how did I know then that I would meet such a prince charming with great martial arts skills and outstanding literary talent!" Zhen Jiang said with a smile, she learned this tune from Zuo Aoran.
"Prince Charming, it's getting late. Hurry up and put on the wedding dress made by mother. The Zuo family will be here soon." Ms. Zhou took her daughter Zhen Jiang and joined the two maids.
Help her put on the wedding dress she made by herself.
The wedding dress is made of fiery red silk satin, with a reborn phoenix embroidered with gold thread. The edges of the dress are embroidered with various small patterns with gold and silver thread, and are inlaid with precious stones of various colors.
The jewels, cuffs and hem are embellished with tassels. It is indescribably luxurious and elegant. This wedding dress began to be sewn after Zhen Jiang turned fifteen. It took three years to complete. Every stitch and every stitch is soaked with Zhou's love for her daughter.
Zhen Jiang’s deep kindness.
Zhen Jiang walked around in her wedding dress and asked excitedly: "Mother, does it look good?"
Mrs. Zhou smiled slightly, but there were tears in her eyes. She nodded and said, "She looks good, of course she looks good. My baby girl looks good in anything she wears."
"Mom, why are you crying?" Zhen Jiang, who was excited, smiled, stepped forward and grabbed her mother Zhou's hand and asked worriedly.
Mrs. Zhou said: "Mother is happy. Children will always fly away when they grow up. Mother is happy that you have finally grown up." Mrs. Zhou stretched out her hand to caress Zhen Jiang's pretty face, and Zhen Jiang's eyes turned red.
My mother burst into tears.
"Okay, okay, it's all my mother's fault. You can't cry on a big day, don't let the joy go away." Mrs. Zhou wiped away her tears and took Zhen Jiang to touch up her makeup again.
At this moment, Zhen Jiang's youngest sister Zhen Mi rushed in and shouted loudly: "Mother, second sister, brother-in-law, they will be here soon."
"Come...come...Mother...I...what should I do?" Zhen Jiang suddenly became at a loss, and her little heart seemed to jump out of her throat, and she asked in a panic.
"Why are you so anxious? Nothing can go wrong with my mother here." Ms. Zhou hurriedly comforted her.
At this moment, the streets from Zuojia Town to Wuji County are full of people. Today is a happy day for the Zuo Dashan family and the Wuji Zhen family to get married. This is a huge event. Looking at the entire Jizhou,
Until the entire Han Dynasty, these two families were huge forces that made the whole country tremble. The weddings of these two families were extravagant and extravagant.
